2024 Meeting

The 2024 meeting has ended and was the most successful by far. This year’s meeting had the largest attendance to date with more and new industry partners in attendance.

We thank our partners for their support of SPOEG, without their support and commitment this meeting could, and would not have occurred. Our patients have benefited from the sharing of information and the interaction of our members and participants. Therefore, we thank not only the participants, but our industry partners listed below.

  • Grace Medical
  • Medtronic
  • Stryker
  • Preceptis Medical
  • Olympus
  • Bryan Medical
  • Mednax/Pediatrix
  • Xoran
  • Smith & Nephew
  • Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital

Vendors

MEMORIES FROM OUR MEETING

Final Agenda for the 2024 SPOEG

January 12-14, 2024 (MLK Weekend)

Friday, January 12

On arrival

Arrive and settle in. Meet at the lobby bar for late night social hour.

Saturday, January 13

7:00-8:00 am

Breakfast and AV Setup

8:00-8:45 am

Update on the activities of our societies that impact our practices:

  • ASPO: Ron Mitchell
  • AAO-HNS: Jeff Simons
  • BOG: Christina Baldassari
  • SENTAC: David Darrow
  • AERo-D: Tom Gallagher
  • ESPO: Stutegart, Germany May 3-6, 2025
  • AAP: Steve Sobal
  • ACS: Craig Derkay

8:45-10:20 am

Business Issues: Moderatator: Craig Derkay

  • 2024 Coding Update: Maximizing reimbursement using Consult codes: Tom Gallagher
  • Are RVU’s really what we should be measuring to gauge contributions?: Bill Collins/Eric Jaryszak
  • Diversity in Pediatric ENT: How are we doing? How can we do better?: Mark Boston
  • Update on Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology Certification: Cristina Baldassari
  • Update on Private Practice (community based) Section at AAO-HNS: Jim Thomsen

10:20-10:40 am

Break with Exhibitors

    10:40-12:15 am

    Pediatric Otolaryngology Journal Club (Presentations of one or two key articles from the past year in each field with critique)

    • What’s new in Otitis Media: _John McClay (TULA study)
    • What’s new in OSA (PATS Study): Ron Mitchell and Cristina Baldassari
    • What’s new in Pediatric Otology/Audiology: Sam Ostrower
    • What’s new in Pediatric Airway: Huseein Jafal

    12:15-1:15 pm

    Lunch with Exhibitors

    1:15-1:45 pm

    Button Battery update—legislation, innovation, education, management: Jeff Simons

    1:45-2:05 pm

    When Art and Medicine Meet: Mel Schloss

    2:05-2:20 pm

    Break with Exhibitors

    2:20-2:50 pm

    Dizzy teenagers: Is this vestibular migraines? POTTS? Karin Hotchkiss

    2:50-3:15 pm

    Where do we stand with CMV testing for newborn hearing loss: Brian Reilly

    3:15-7:00 pm

    Free Time

    7:00 pm

    Course Dinner

    Sunday, January 14

    7:00-8:00 am

    Breakfast and AV Setup

    8:00-8:15 am

    Discussion of future venues/formats/funding

    8:15-9:40 am

    Difficult /interesting cases

    • Airway: Ryan Ruiz
    • Otology: Jeff Carron
    • Rhinology: Ramzi Younis
    • Foreign body: Erin Hamersley
    • Head and Neck: Jordyn Lucas
    • Aerod-D: Scott Rickert

    9:40-10:00 am

    Break with Exhibitors

    10:00-10:30 am

    Point counterpoint: Intra-capsular tonsillectomy vs Total tonsillectomy in children: Eric Berg/Dave Mandell

    10:30-10:50 am

    Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Otolaryngology: How can we leverage ChatGPT/Open AI to improve utilization, efficiencies and differential diagnosis: Habib Zalzal

    10:50-11:15 am

    Green OR’s and Sustainable healthcare in Pediatric Otolaryngology—what can we do individually and to influence our hospitals/surgicenters: Steve Sobol, Craig Derkay

    11:15-noon

    “A patient I remember”: I wish I had known better then what I know now: Cases: Lindhe Guarisco/Scott Schraff/Bruce Maddern/Mke Biavati

    12 noon

    Adjourn